Table 1:

Characteristics of the study group

	Total	TSA		P Value
	Total	Yes	No	P Value
Sex (No.)
Male	42	9	33	.80^{^a}
Female	40	10	30
Age (yr)
Mean	53.3 (19.1)	48.6 (18.5)	54.7 (19.2)	.22^{^b}
Range	20–92	20–92	20–85
Stated brain MRI indication (No.)
Seizure	49	16	33	.016^{^a}
No seizure	33	3	30
Syncope	26	2	24
Loss of consciousness	5	1	4
Fainting	2	0	2
Clinically documented tongue bite injury
Yes	15	12	3	<.001^{^a}
No	67	7	60
Final clinical diagnosis
Epileptic seizure	47	18	29	<.001^{^a}
No epileptic seizure	35	1	34
Syncope	21	0	21
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure	2	0	2
Other	12	1^{^c}	11

↵a Fisher exact test.
↵b Student t test.
↵c Spells of altered attention, likely cognitive fluctuations in the setting of dementia.